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About your system, Accessing system features during startup – Dell PowerEdge C8000 User Manual

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About Your System

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About Your System

Accessing System Features During Startup

The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.

The SAS/SATA card or PXE hotkey support are available only in the BIOS

boot mode. Hotkey function is not available in the Unified Extensible

Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode.

NOTE:

Throughout this manual, the PowerEdge C8000 server enclosure is referred

to as simply the "server enclosure" or the "chassis".

Keystroke Description

Enters the System Setup program. See "System Setup Menu" on

page 59.

Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible

Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the

system's boot configuration.

Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot.

Enters the LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine Card Configuration Utility.

For more information, see the SAS adapter documentation.

Enters the LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine Card Configuration Utility.

For more information, see the documentation for your SAS RAID

card.

Enters the utility to configure onboard NIC settings for PXE boot.

For more information, see the documentation for your integrated

NIC.

Enters the onboard SAS and SATA controller’s configuration

utility.